Citizen journalist defies death

South Africa’s two longest serving daredevils raised the temperature at the Carnival City Casino complex to high levels on Saturday evening.

Veteran stuntman Enrico Schoeman rides a Harley-Davidson through a tunnel of fire, 1 July 2017, at Carnival City in Brakpan. The event also saw Andre de Kock crash a car through a pyramid of flaming cars. Picture: Michel Bega

Taking to the venue’s parking lot, veteran stuntmen Enrico Schoeman and The Citizen’s André de Kock performed fire stunts that had spectators on their feet. Schoeman, right, was set alight, after which he rode a Gold Rand Harley-Davidson through two fire tunnels and a burning notice board. Straight afterwards, De Kock crashed a burning car through a pyramid of burning car wrecks.

Both the rider and the driver escaped unscathed, but they left the parking lot slightly the worse for wear.

Veteran stuntman Andre de Kock crashes a car through a pyramid of flaming cars, 1 July 2017, at Carnival City in Brakpan. Earlier Enrico Schoeman rode a Harley-Davidson through a tunnel of fire. Picture: Michel Bega

De Kock, 65, and Schoeman, 61, are the country’s two longest surviving stuntmen, having been involved with fire risks for the past 42 years. The pair hold the current Guinness World Record for the longest motorcycle ride through a tunnel of fire, at 120 metres.

They have recently been mandated to tackle the official Guinness World Record for riding a quadbike through a fire tunnel.

The record attempt is scheduled to take place at next year’s Wonderboom Airport Adrenaline Show on July 2.